Author: BooMan

Canary in a Coal Mine

The polling is just brutal. It kind of makes it hard to want to get out of bed in the morning. What’s really frustrating to see is results like this from Pennsylvania: • PA-Sen, PA-Gov (Ipsos for Reuters): Joe Sestak (D)...

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Violence Against Women is the New Black

The curbstomper says he stomped his foot down on a defenseless woman’s face because he has a bad back and therefore (I guess) couldn’t lean over and bash her skull into the pavement. It kind of fits in with...

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Signs and Omens

We got a call today from an OFA staffer in Washington DC who told us that she saw the Manan Trivedi lawn sign in our yard yesterday. Apparently, she grew up on our street and was home visiting. It’s a small world....

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Well, Duh

Why does Gerald Seib sound surprised? The upshot is one of the great political ironies of the year: A national conservative wave will hit hardest not at the most liberal Democrats, but at the most conservative Democrats. The...

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Wanker of the Day: Richard Cohen

Clarence Thomas was 33 years-old when he went to work at the Department of Education, and he was 34 years-old when he went to work at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He was 42 years-old when he was appointed to the...

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